OS Patching with vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.5
Hello, I was under the impression that with vCenter Heartbeat 6.5 a manual reboot of the server wouldn't trigger a switchover. Last Windows patch cycle vCenter Heartbeat switched from primary to...
View ArticleRe: Can't start master VM after linked clone pool is created
Sorry about the long file post. I verified that the disk drive is indeed set to an IDE drive. That is what was created when I did the P to V. Is there a way to convert the IDE to the correct controller...
View ArticleRe: Need Help developing a "One Server Scenario" - and MOA & Stuff
Hi, thanks again for spending precious time with my thread. My true need is to make this processes the easiest to follow as possible, because other people will need to execute on their offices, that's...
View ArticleRe: what needs to go at top of script file to work?
The Get-ExecutionPolicy returns: RemoteSigned. Thank you Rick
View ArticleRe: Visio Stencils required to show ESXi networking
Here are some stencils I have used in the past - http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esx-stencils.html
View Articlevmware view ipad "your desktop is loading too slowly...."
Hi all, We're fighting this issue with using VMWare View on our iPads. I've already upgraded our Security and Connection servers to 4.6. iPads can now login fine the first time, but every subsequent...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 cuts off DNS subdomain on resolution.
Any chance you could provide a bit more input? It's a Windows DNS server. The forward/reverse lookups work fine everywhere but the ESXi 5.1 servers. I checked on Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008 and...
View ArticlevApp startup questions
Hi I'm self-learning vSphere and met questions about vApp startup sequence. In normal situation I can create a vApp in vCenter and define the startup sequence of multi VMs, when manually start/stop the...
View Article"Cannot access the health service!" after installing custom certificates on...
vCenter Service Status page in the virtual infrastructure client displays "Cannot access the health service!" after installing custom certificates on virtual center server.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 cuts off DNS subdomain on resolution.
This provided me with a semi-fix, if I comment out the line with the bad information in /etc/hosts, it'll resolve correctly. Any idea how this file is generated? I could probably just include this fix...
View ArticleRe: Using a physical workstation to host a remote virtual machine (ESXi 5.1 /...
Welcome to the Community - WHat sort of labs are you looking to run? Are they VMware based or Windows/Linux based? If it is the latter than you might want to look at VMware view where you can set up a...
View ArticleRe: Deploy Template not Found
What does "$X" return? IE (in the PowerCLI window just place "$X" and hit return.
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Re: Send mail from vmware fusion 5
I tested the attachement that you sent above post. It worked how intended. But I was trying to figure out a way where when I have a file on the desktop of Window XP. I like to send that file as an...
View ArticleHow to get correct Windows virtual memory % usage and Avg Disk R/W Q Len metrics
Hi, Your help is greatly appreciated! I am getting different Windows metrics values from SIGAR with the values comparison against the Windows Performance Counter Objects. Below are the detail info:...
View ArticleRe: Overlay CPU usage of multiple VMs on the same graph?
Hi Jamie, Have you tried using the stacked graph per VM and included all the VM's that you want to check? From memory, this is a host performance counter and you can only select a single metric ... I...
View ArticleRe: VMware View Horizon Workspace (Invalid SAML credentials)
Check following :1. If View Dashboard is showing "Green" for SAML authenticator you added2. In Horizon Connector, FQDN for client access is pointing correctly to View server where SAL auth is set. If...
View ArticleIs sql2008 r2 sp2 compatible with vCenter Server 5.1?
The VMware Interoperability page shows that sql 2008 r2 service pack 2 is not approved to host the vCenter 5.1 database. Does this mean it does not work or that it just has not been tested? Is...
View ArticleRe: Horizon Workspace & View Integration fails
A few questions: 1. On Connector Admin Page, did you complete "Join domain" step and joined connector to that of VMware domain 2. Ensure that the AD host name on directory Page is AD...
View ArticleRe: Time drift between VA,s
Yes, NTP has been set on the Host and was enabled for the Horizon VA,s I also tried to disable NTP on the VA,s but no luck. I checked Time settings in All 5 VA and made shure they are on the same time...
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